Sarat Chandra Majumdar

Majumdar was born on 14 September 1897 in Pordanga, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India.^[2] His father was Darpa Narayan Majumdar, who worked as the rent collector for the Chanchra Raj Estate.^[2] His uncle, Raicharan Majumdar, was a notable Dalit rights activist. She graduated from Panjia Secondary School in 1920.^[2] He graduated with a B.A. from Daulatpur Hindu Academy in 1925.^[2] He completed a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Calcutta in 1937.^[2]

Majumdar worked as a teacher at Mashiahati High School, which was founded by his uncle, Raicharan Majumdar.^[2] He was elected Board President of Kultia Union. He was a member of the Jessore Sadar Local Board.^[2] He was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Bengal Namasudra Association in 1933.^[2] He was the vice-president of the Namasudra Association in Kolkata.^[2] He worked to prevent the forcible conversion of Bengali Dalits in Sylhet by Muslims. In 1935, he joined the Indian National Congress.^[2]

In 1946, Majumdar was elected to the Bengal Provisional Congress Executive Committee.^[2] After the Partition of India, he chose to stay in East Pakistan. He was elected to the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly in 1954 as a candidate of the Pakistan National Congress.^[2] From 1955 to 1958, he served as a provincial minister of Fisheries of East Pakistan.^[2][3] He served in the cabinet of Ataur Rahman Khan along with fellow Pakistan National Congress politician Monoranjan Dhar.^[4] On 28 June 1961, he moved to West Bengal, India, after the government of Pakistan imposed martial law.^[2]